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...preparedness of police for attacks has risen in recent years because the increased availability of bomb-making materials and information has been on the rise, Gillis says...
...cost infuriate some critics of the FAA. These days, about 75% of the agency's $8 billion annual budget is paid out of the Aviation Trust Fund--money collected from a 10% tax, which recently expired, levied on air fares. As the FAA's share of those revenues has risen--freeing billions for other federal programs--the portion of the trust fund earmarked for airport and safety improvements has fallen from $1.9 billion in 1992 to $1.4 billion this year, a cut of more than 25%. "The money is collected for aviation, and it should be spent for aviation...
...Thursday morning the early light is wrapped in haze, the grass is wet, the half-risen sun casts great splotches of shadows on the front lawns. It is going to be a scorcher. The traffic, bemoaned by the woman on Atlantic Avenue, redoubles by the hour. Official cars flash red and white headlights and roll through...
...second student-loan program, in which the recipients pay interest even during their school years. This program, rolled out in 1992, now has 2 million borrowers and a loan volume of $7.6 billion. The effect has been that of a one-two punch: as tuitions and fees have risen, so has the cost to the borrower of a student loan. Loan interest adds a few hundred dollars a year to the cost of a college education...
Reinhard was also instrumental in resurrecting Harvard softball. During her freshman and sophomore years, the softball team compiled 3-7 and 4-6 Ivy League records, respectively. Over the past two seasons, however, the Crimson has risen to finish second in the Ivy League twice (behind nationally-ranked Princeton both times) and was selected to compete in the ECAC Tournament...